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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCING GOVERNMENT IN AMERICA

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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCING GOVERNMENT IN AMERICA

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a means of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public's preferences.

Elite and class theory

argues that society is divided along class lines and that an upper-class elite rules on the basis of its wealth.

institutions that make public policy for a society.

Gross domestic product

the total value of all goods and services produced annually by the United States.

argues that too many strong influential groups cripple the government's ability to make coherent policy by dividing government and its authority.

Linkage institutions

institutions such as parties, elections, interest groups, and the media, which provide a linkage between the preferences of citizens and the government's policy agenda.

weighing the desires of the majority in choosing among policy alternatives.

Minority rights

protecting the rights and freedoms of the minority in choosing among policy alternatives.

Pluralist theory

argues that there are many centers of influence in which groups compete with one another for control over public policy through bargaining and compromise.

the list of subjects or problems to which people inside and outside government are paying serious attention at any given time.

Policy gridlock

where each interest uses its influence to thwart policies it opposes so that no coalition forms a majority to establish policy.

the effects a policy has on people and problems.

Policymaking institutions

institutions such as Congress, the presidency, and the courts established by the Constitution to make policy.

Policymaking system

institutions of government designed to respond to each other and to the priorities of the people by governmental action.